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<p n="257"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65510_geo319">Middlesex</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65510_geo320">Westminster</rs>
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To wit.}</note>
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To the Governor of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65510_geo321">House of Correction</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65510_geo322">Tothill Fields</rs>
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and to the Contractor for removing Vagrants in the said County,<lb></lb>
and also to all Constables and other Officers of the Peace whom it may<lb></lb>
concern, to receive and convey; and to the Church Wardens, Chapel<lb></lb>
Wardens, or Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65510_geo323">St. Giles</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65510_geo324">the Fields</rs>
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in the said County<lb></lb>
or either of them, to receive and obey.</p>
<p n="258">Whereas <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65510_n258-1">John Williams</rs>
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<lb></lb>
on the fifth Day of February One Thousand Seven<lb></lb>
Hundred and Ninety eight was apprehended in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65510_geo325">Parish of St. George<lb></lb>
Hanover Square</rs>
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in the County of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65510_geo326">Middlsex</rs>
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wandering and begging<lb></lb>
there. And whereas the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65510_n258-2">John Williams</rs>
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hath been by me<lb></lb>
one of his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65510_occ69">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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in and for the said County<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65510_geo327">Middlesex</rs>
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, examined, convicted, and adjudged, to be a Rogue<lb></lb>
and Vagabond, and hath in consequence of such Conviction, been com-<lb></lb>
mitted to and confined in the said House of Correction for the Space of<lb></lb>
Seven Days, pursuant to the Statute in that Case lately made. And<lb></lb>
whereas upon Examination of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65510_n258-4">John Williams</rs>
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<lb></lb>
taken before me upon Oath (which Examination is<lb></lb>
hereunto annexed) it doth appear that his last legal Settlement is in the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65510_geo328">Parish of St. Giles in the Fields</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65510_geo329">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="259"> These are therefore to require you the said Contractor to convey the said <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65510_n259-1">John Williams</rs>
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to the Parish of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65510_geo330">St. Giles in the Fields</rs>
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aforesaid in the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65510_geo331">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
that being the<del>first Place in the next Precinet through which<lb></lb>
ought to pass in the direct Way to the said Parish of</del>
<lb></lb>
Parish to which he is to be sent, and to deliver him<lb></lb>
<del>to the Constable, or other Officer of such first Place in such next Pre-<lb></lb>
cinct,</del>
together with this Pass, and Duplicate of the Examination of<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65510_n259-2">John Williams</rs>
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<del>taking his Receipt<lb></lb>
for the same. And the said<lb></lb>
to be thence conveyed on in like Manner to the said Parish of<lb></lb>
there to be delivered</del>
to some Church-<lb></lb>
warden, Chapel-warden, or Overseer of the Poor, to be provided for<lb></lb>
according to Law. And you the said Church-wardens, Chapel-wardens,<lb></lb>
and Overseers of the Poor, are hereby required to receive the said <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65510_n259-3">John Williams</rs>
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and provide for him<lb></lb>
as aforesaid. Given under my Hand and Seal this 6th<lb></lb>
Day of February in the Year of our Lord 179 8</p>
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